A conglomerate, multi-being beast rears up on its hindlegs in the idyllic Oranjewoud. Situated opposite a deer park, Return of the Herd is a memorial to the creatures who lost their lives due to culling tactics. Marianna Simnett’s hybrid form gestures towards a moment of animation, transformation, or ascendance—becoming many, becoming multiple, becoming one with the living deer who graze the same ground.
